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Measuring social capital with a myograph

Roberto, Censolo; Laila, Craighero; Luciano, Fadiga; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

We study the behavior of 12 pairs of undergraduate students while they were involved in a simple coordination game requiring motor interaction. Three experimental conditions were defined according to whether a monetary prize was given to both or only one subject, if the couple was in...

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Wise exploitation – a game with a higher productivity than cooperation – transforms biological productivity into economic productivity.

Friedrich, T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

I suggest a new game called wise exploitation. It is characterized by a small investment of the exploiting party to either breed the exploited party or educate the exploited party not to detect exploitation. Thereby a higher productivity than cooperation or prisoners´ dilemma is achieved. The...

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Spread of hoax in Social Media

Situngkir, Hokky - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

We discuss the way of hoax spreading as gossip and rumor throughout the social media, i.e.: Twitter, by observing an empirical case in Indonesia. We discuss the spreading factor of the gossip in the social media and see the epidemiology of the propagation hoax before and after the hoax being...

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Towards an understanding of the endogenous nature of identity in games

Bezrukova, Katerina; Smith, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

We test the assumption that preferences are unchanged throughout a strategic game in the absence of feedback. To do so, we study the relationship between the strategic nature of a game and players' identification in social groups. We present evidence that the strategic nature of the game affects...

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Impact of financial strategies based on inflationary expectations using a discrete model

Masci, Martín Ezequiel; García, Gonzalo Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

takes portfolio decisions considering inflationary expectations. The model can be summarized in a set of difference … expectations about future inflation, play against the decision that authority (as long as expectations are formed rationally). This … paper will consider two versions of the model: a rational expectations framework (which is used as Barro and Gordon did) and …

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Cheap talk with simultaneous versus sequential messages

Gurdal, Mehmet Y.; Ozdogan, Ayca; Saglam, Ismail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Recent experimental studies find excessive truth-telling and excessive trust in one sender/one receiver cheap talk … communication methods. The theoretical predictions for truth-telling, non-conflicting messages observed and trust frequencies are …

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Two Sides of a Medal: The Changing Relationship between Religious Diversity and Religiosity

Opfinger, Matthias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Religious Market Theory assigns basic market principles to the market for religion. The derived supply side model proposes that religiosity is higher on a competitive market, characterized by high religious diversity. Churches will provide higher quality goods compared to monopolistic churches....

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A teoria econômica da religião: aspectos gerais

Oliveira, Livio Luiz Soares de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This work aims to present the Economics of Religion. The methodology used is a literature review. Shows the importance of religion from the perspective of Economics . It addresses the connections between Economics of Religion and Rational Choice Theory. We present the concepts of religious...

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The European Ecumenism. Case Study: Oradea

Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The new Europe will bring together a plurality of religions, traditions and cultures. The process of European integration has not only political implications, but also economic, political, social and religious implications. In this context, the building of a New Europe requires a coherent...

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Determinants of Peace : A Cross-Country Analysis

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

In this study, we try to discover the variables susceptible to affect the peace. To arrive there, we made resort to the analysis in cross-sectional. We find that the institutional variables are auspicious to the peace, especially the political stability. The macroeconomic variables are, on the...

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